Travel the world in the comfort of your own dorm.

Last year, when Danielle and I were dreaming about backpacking Europe, an idea which we eventually scrapped in favor of paying for college instead, I searched the Internet for inspiration. The Intrepid Berkeley Explorer is what I found – a post-hippie nearly-expat who taped his impressions of Irish pubs, Japanese temples, Turkish mosques, and such and posted the videos for free. I recommend playing the films at double-time, so his drolling self-impressed-Northern-Californian voice (they all eventually talk like that) goes at a more comfortable clip, but overall it is a great site if you have a high-speed connection.